Fall Classes at the Sharon Lynne Wilson Center

Hello all! 

As the weather gets colder and the holidays get closer, think about taking a class at the Sharon Lynne Wilson Center in Brookfield! The Book Making Class for beginners is perfect for those of you who would like to learn a skill and also make some wonderful gifts for friends and family!

Flutter Book

Flutter book interior

Book Making for Beginners (ages 14+)
Tuesdays, Nov. 5-26, 6:30-8:30 pm
Learn the foundations of bookmaking will producing lovely books for yourself or others. Students will take home four finished handmade books.
4 sessions, supplies included ($95/$90 Wilson Center Donors)

DIY Puffy Paint

DIY - from Start to Finish (ages 5-9)
Tuesdays, Nov. 5-26, 4:30-6:00 pm
Learn how to make your own puffy paint, clay, watercolor paints and more with this totally DIY (do it yourself) class!
4 session, supplies included ($90/$85 Wilson Center Donors)












Please contact the Sharon Lynne Wilson Center to sign up for classes.

Sharon Lynne Wilson Center
19805 W Capitol Drive
Brookfield, WI
(262) 781-9470 x5037
http://www.wilson-center.com/explore/AdultArtClasses.php

Featured Artist at The Salvaged Studio-Opening Reception July 12, 5-9 pm

The Salvaged Studio & Gallery will open its first Featured Artist Show with “Collecting the
Uncollectible: Art & Jewelry of Tiffany Knopow” on Friday, July 12th 2013.

The Salvaged Studio & Gallery will celebrate its grand opening with an artist reception from 5:00-9:00pm on Friday, July 12, 2013 for “Collecting the Uncollectible: Art & Jewelry of Tiffany Knopow”. Ms. Knopow creates her work from dryer lint, Shout© Color Catcher sheets, and paper wasp nests. In it, she seeks to create systems to capture fleeting phenomena; items that are too common, too gross, or intangible to exist in a proper collection. Ms. Knopow says, “My hope in each collection is to create something so beautiful that the viewer is compelled to investigate the piece and then be completely surprised by the material.”
 
The show is the first in a regular bi-monthly featured artist series to be held at the new gallery which is located in a historic and recently renovated 1920’s building in the Washington Heights neighborhood. It is part art jewelry studio, part gallery, and all about celebrating the art of creative reuse. The gallery represents fine art, woodwork, sculpture, jewelry, accessories and upstyled home furnishings created by American artists with a focus on art and craft created salvaged materials. The studio is where the owner, Rachael Brooke Winkley, creates jewelry from vintage tea tins, serving trays, and other old metal objects.

Email: info@thesalvagedstudio.com
Website: www.thesalvagedstudio.com

It's Workshop Time Again!!!

It's that wonderful time of year, workshop time!!!

This printing workshop is amazing!  We will be using the sun and natural items (leaves, blossoms, twigs, etc) to make our work for us.  I assure you that everyone will have a beautiful piece, it's impossible to make a sun painting or print that looks bad.  Plus, it's a lot of fun and so easy.  I promise that you will be addicted after this workshop.  Please sign up, registration is ending soon.

Printing with the Sun (ages 14+)

Saturday, June 22, 10:00 am-2:30 pm
(Includes a 30 minute lunch break.)
Use the sun to make beautiful photograms (sun prints) of three dimensional objects on paper and on a scarf.  The result is a beautiful silhouette of the object placed on the photosensitive paper or fabric.  Bring a picnic lunch to enjoy in beautiful Mitchell Park.

One-day Workshop, supplies included
$65/$60 Wilson Center Donors

Please contact the Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts at (262) 781-9470 x 5037 or cdavis@wilson-center.com for more details.

Sunpainting in process, applying the leaves.

Finished sunpainting.

Sunprint. It's almost like magic!

Spring Workshops in Brookfield

It's time again to hear about my workshops for spring!

Both workshops take place at the Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts in Brookfield.

Hand-Bound Marbled Books (ages 14+)

Saturdays, Feb. 16-23, 1:00-3:30 pm

Create marble painted paper to incorporate into a hand-bound journal of your own construction. Perfect to keep or give as a gift!

2 sessions, supplies included ($50/$45 members)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kooky Creatures (ages 9-12)

Tuesdays, Feb. 12- March 5, 4:30-6 pm

Sew your own stuffed animals made from recycled clothes!  Learning basic hand sewing techniques, as well as color and design principles, students will use their imaginations to create a creature that is kooky!

4 session, supplies included ($65/$60 members)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts

19805 W Capitol Drive

Brookfield, WI

(262) 781-9470 x5037

http://www.wilson-center.com/explore/AdultArtClasses.php

Tiffany Knopow is a Wisconsin native and now resides in Burlington, WI. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Printmaking from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and her Master of Fine Arts from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Knopow has an active exhibition record including shows in the United States and South America.  Currently she is teaching workshops and classes at the Museum of Wisconsin Art and the Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts. For more information about the artist and her work please visit www.tiffanyknopow.com.

Delafield Arts Center Opening Jan. 5th

Moving work around the whole state of Wisconsin!  My work will be at the Delafield Arts Center in Delafield, Wisconsin.  I am excited to show at such an interesting space!  Please join me at the opening on January 5th.

Delafield Arts Center is pleased to present the work of Tiffany Knopow, Denise Presnell-Weidner, Julie Briede-Ibar.  Also presenting Shelby Keefe in the featured artist gallery.

All are welcome to attend the opening reception on Saturday, January 5 from 3-5 pm at the Delafield Arts Center, 803 Genesse St., Delafield, WI.

The Delafield Arts Center's regular hours are Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday 11am- 6pm, Thursday 11am-8pm, Saturday 11am-5pm, and Sunday 11am-2pm.  The show runs from January 5- March 31st.

Install day at the Delafield Arts Center.  What a lovely space!

Update: Dropped off work on Thursday, excited to see the final installation.  Saw the wonderful painter Beki Borman installing as well as Sara Risely's work.  You all have to see this show of wonderful work!

Artibles at the MARN Gallery is open!

Thinking about shopping for holiday presents on black Friday?  Avoid all the craziness and go to Artibles Holiday Shopping Bazaar at the MARN Gallery.  Artibles features affordable work by local artists, all hand made.  My jewelry line and some small framed work would make a great gift for the art lover on your list!  (Here is a sneak peek!)  Also, if you can't make it out to Artibles you can purchase similar items on my Etsy site.


 











Starting this Friday, November 23rd, the Artibles Shopping Bazaar will be open during the following times:

Thursday/Friday
11am-7pm

Saturdays
10am-5pm

December 24th, 11am-4pm

MARN Gallery
5407 W Vliet St
Milwaukee WI

[un]finished opening reception

Free up your Saturday night and gas up the car, it's a road trip to Sheboygan!  Please join myself and a whole bunch of great artists at the opening of [un]finished at EFFJAY PROJEKTS on Saturday, November 10, 2012 from 5-8 pm.

EFFJAY PROJEKTS Gallery is pleased to announce two exhibitions titled, ‘[un]finished’ and ‘New Works' by Timon Tupper. ‘[un]finished’ features works Beki Borman, Judy Dubrosky, Laura Gorzek, Adam Horwitz, Leah Schreiber Johnson, Maureen Kane, Michael Kautzer, Tiffany Knopow, Mary Overman, Jessica Poor, Melissa Dorn Richards, Sara Risley, Maggie Sasso, Jessica Z Schafer, Anja Notanja Sieger, Becky Tesch, Dean Valadez, and Serena Weits. Timon Tupper from Sheboygan will be exhibiting new works. 

Join us for an artist reception on November 10 from 5 to 8pm. Artist talks start at 6pm. The gallery is located at 604 Erie Avenue, Lower Level in Sheboygan. This exhibition runs from November 8 – December 1, 2012.

Becky Tesch, curator, states that most artists have partially finished works in our studios that are collecting dust. They did not go as planned (if there ever was a plan), and they got frustrated, distracted by other projects, and set them aside. For some reason however, they did not throw them away. Tesch's never ending quest to find new uses for things resulted in inviting 18 artists swap unfinished works and work to finish each others pieces.

"I don't just want to hang a show, I want to create new experiences for us”, says Tesch.

In Gallery II, Sheboygan-based stencil/street artist Timon Tupper will be exhibiting new works.

Gallery hours are Thursday and Friday from 5-8pm, Saturdays from 11-3pm and by appointment.

Open to the public.